January Product Update
Happy New Year! We hope you had a great holiday season, and your New Year's Resolutions are off to a strong start. We have several updates to kick off 2025.
Planning Center Add-on
With our Planning Center Add-on you can send texts to Planning Center lists from directly within Planning Center. Now you can additionally send texts to only a single person, or a subset of people rather than an entire list. Just select the specific recipient(s) you want to text, then 'Send text with Clearstream'.
SMS Two-Factor Authentication
You can now receive 2FA codes as a text rather than an email! To update your 2FA preference click the profile icon in the upper right corner of your account > profile > security.
Rock Data Views
If your church uses Rock RMS, you can now sync Rock Data Views into Clearstream to easily text them. Data Views will sync with Clearstream every day, so any changes you make in Rock will be reflected in Clearstream automatically.
Breeze Integration
We now have an integration with Breeze! Sync your Breeze Tags into Clearstream to text them. And when someone texts in, we'll automatically look them up to see if they exist in Breeze. If they do, we'll pull their profile info into Clearstream. If they don't have a profile (new visitors for example), you can collect their info and automatically push it into Breeze to create a new person.
Updates to Polls
We've made a few updates to our polls feature.
Multiple votes: When creating a poll, you now have the option to let people submit multiple votes rather than only one.
QR Codes: Polls that use a keyword will now generate a QR code as well. Display the QR code so people can easily scan and participate in your poll.
Loose matching: Poll responses that include extra characters will now be treated as a valid poll response. For example: 1, #1, 1), and 1 - Lord of the rings and Lord of the rings would all be counted for the poll down below.
'Remove From List' in Workflows
We've added a new Workflow step that lets you remove someone from a list. If you have lists that you want updated based on actions people take, this will let you easily accomplish that. And if you didn't know, we also have Dynamic Lists, which are conditional lists that update automatically.
Note Attachments
With Notes, you can share long-form content in your text—like a newsletter, sermon notes, or a list of announcements. Now, you can also add images, attach PDFs, and Word docs. Send out a beautiful weekly bulletin, a volunteer schedule, or an in-depth devotional, all while keeping your credit usage to a minimum.
Colorful Tags
Make your tags pop by giving them some color. When creating a tag you can now select a unique color to easily identify each tag.
Zapier Integration
Create Zaps from directly within your Clearstream account! If you're not familiar with Zapier, it's an app that allows you to connect Clearstream to thousands of other apps. Trigger a text when someone donates via Planning Center, create a new profile when someone submits a Google Form, and much more.
Duplicate workflow
No more copy and pasting. If you have a great workflow that you need to recreate, you can easily duplicate it with the click of a button.
To see all updates, check out our changelog. If you have a feature or update that would be helpful for your church, let us know! We’d love to hear from you.